ToolLocationHelper.GetPathToWindowsSdk Method

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Note: This API is now obsolete.

Returns the path to the Windows SDK for the desired .NET Framework and Visual Studio version. Note that this is only supported for a targeted .NET Framework version of 4.5 and above.

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Utilities
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core (in Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ObsoleteAttribute("Consider using GetPlatformSDKLocation instead")> _
Public Shared Function GetPathToWindowsSdk ( _
    version As TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion, _
    visualStudioVersion As VisualStudioVersion _
) As String

[ObsoleteAttribute("Consider using GetPlatformSDKLocation instead")]
public static string GetPathToWindowsSdk(
    TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion version,
    VisualStudioVersion visualStudioVersion
)

[ObsoleteAttribute(L"Consider using GetPlatformSDKLocation instead")]
public:
static String^ GetPathToWindowsSdk(
    TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion version, 
    VisualStudioVersion visualStudioVersion
)

[<ObsoleteAttribute("Consider using GetPlatformSDKLocation instead")>]
static member GetPathToWindowsSdk : 
        version:TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion * 
        visualStudioVersion:VisualStudioVersion -> string

public static function GetPathToWindowsSdk(
    version : TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion, 
    visualStudioVersion : VisualStudioVersion
) : String

Parameters

Return Value

Type: System.String
Path to the appropriate Windows SDK location

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ToolLocationHelper Class

Microsoft.Build.Utilities Namespace